The suicide attack took place at around 9am near the Pakistani consulate in the Jalalabad, the provincial capital, killing two civilians and injuring two others, the governor’s spokesman, Attaullah Khogyani, told Pajhwok Afghan News.

An official, who wanted to go unnamed, confided to this news agency that four policemen were killed. A traffic police officer and two civilians were injured in the bombing, he said.

“The bomber came on foot near a police vehicle and grabbed a gun from a policeman before detonating his suicide vest,” said a witness, named Fazli Ilahi. He saw two dead bodies and some injured people at the scene.